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KCUR-Kansas City, Mo.

KXCV-Maryville, Mo..
KWMU-St. Louis, Mo.

KCMW-Warrensburg, Mo.

KRWG Las Cruces, N. Mex.
WRVO-Oswego, N.Y.
WAFR-Durham, N.C.
KDSU-Fargo, N. Dak..

KFJM Grand Forks, N. Dak.
WOUB Athens, Ohio...
WBGU-Bowling Green, Ohio.
WGUC Cincinnati, Ohio.
WCBE-Columbus, Ohio.
WOSU Columbus, Ohio.
WKSU-Kent, Ohio.
WMUB Oxford, Ohio...
WYSO-Yellow Springs, Ohio.

KOSU-Stillwater, Okla..

KOAC Corvallis, Oreg.

KLCC-Eugene, Oreg.

KCAP-Portland, Oreg.
WDUQ-Pittsburgh, Pa.
KUSD-Vermillion, S. Dak.

WSMC-Collegedale, Tenn..

WKNO-Memphis, Tenn..
WMOT-Murfreesboro, Tenn.
WPLN-Nashville, Tenn..

WUOT-Knoxville, Tenn.
KUT-Austin, Tex.
KNCT-Killeen, Tex.
KBYU Provo, Utah.

KWSU-Pullman, Wash.

KUOW-Seattle, Wash.

KTOY-Tacoma, Wash.

WWWC-Buckhannon, W. Va.

WHA-Madison, Wis.

WUWM-Milwaukee, Wis.

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DEAR SENATOR METCALF: I want to thank you and the other Committee members for permitting me the privilege of testifying yesterday on behalf of KUT-FM and the nation's other public radio stations.

Your Committee is to be commended for conducting these particular hearings. They are, in my personal opinion, of exceptional interest; and they are necessary to all who are members of Congress, and to the American people whom that institution serves so ably and benefits so well.

As I indicated at the conclusion of my remarks, I would secure, either for the record or for staff study, a copy of the Australian Parliamentary Proceedings Broadcasting Act (1946). That document is attached, together with a subsequent amendment of 1960. I have also attached, as I indicated, a copy of Broadcasting of Parliamentary Proceedings in Australia (1946-1968), a study conducted by Mr. A. R. Browning, Sergeant-at-Arms, The Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia. I understand that the Committee may have further questions to which I may respond in writing. I shall be glad to comply and to assist you further in whatever way I am able.

Cordially,

WILLIAM S. GIORDA,
Assistant Director.

THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS BROADCASTING

(No. 20 of 1946)

An Act to provide for the Broadcasting of the Proceedings of the Houses of the Parliament, and for other purposes.

[Assented to 5th July, 1946.]

Be it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—

Short title.

Commencement.

Definitions.

Broadcasting of parliamentary proceedings.

Constitution of committee.

Tenure of office of

members of committee. Resignation.

Vacancies.

1. This Act may be cited as the Parliamentary Proceedings Broadcasting Act 1946.

2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

3. In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears"national broadcasting station" means a national broadcasting station within the meaning of the Australian Broadcasting Act 1942;

"the Committee" means the Joint Committee on the Broadcasting of Parliamentary Proceedings appointed under this Act. 4. Notwithstanding anything contained in the Australian Broadcasting Act 1942, the Australian Broadcasting Commission shall broadcast the proceedings of the Senate or the House of Representatives from

(a) a medium-wave national broadcasting station in the capital city in each State and in the city of Newcastle in the State of New South Wales; and

(b) such other national broadcasting stations (including shortwave national broadcasting stations) as are prescribed, upon such days and during such periods as the Committee determines.

5.-(1.) As soon as conveniently practicable after the commencement of this Act, and thereafter at the commencement of the first session of every Parliament, a Joint Committee of nine members of the Parliament, to be called the Joint Committee on the Broadcasting of Parliamentary Proceedings, shall be appointed according to the practice of the Parliament with reference to the appointment of members to serve on Joint Select Committees of both Houses of the Parliament.

(2.) One of the members of the Committee shall be the President of the Senate, one member shall be the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and, of the other seven members of the Committee, two shall be members of, and appointed by, the Senate and five shall be members of, and appointed by, the House of Representatives.

6. The members of the Committee shall hold office as a Joint Committee until the House of Representatives for the time being expires by dissolution or effluxion of time.

7.-(1.) Any member of the Committee (other than the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives) may resign his seat on the Committee by writing under his hand addressed to the President of the Senate if he be a Senator, or to the Speaker of the House of Representatives if he be a member of the House of Representatives.

(2.) The seat of any member of the Committee shall be deemed to have become vacant if he ceases to be a Senator or a member of the House of Representatives (as the case may be).

8. Where the seat of any member of the Committee (other than the President of the Senate or the Speaker of the House of Representatives) becomes vacant, it shall be filled by appointment according to the practice referred to in section five of this Act within fifteen sitting days after the happening of the vacancy if the House of the Parliament of which he is a member is then sitting, or, if not, then within fifteen sitting days after the next meeting of that House.

and ViceChairman.

9. There shall be a Chairman and a Vice-Chairman of the Com- Chairman mittee, who shall be elected by the members of the Committee at their first meeting, or as soon thereafter as is practicable. 10. At any meeting of the Committee(a) five members shall form a quorum;

(b) the Chairman or, in his abscence, the Vice-Chairman or, in the absence of both the Chairman and the Vice-Chairman, a member elected by the members present, shall preside;

(c) all questions shall be decided by a majority of the votes of the members present; and

(d) the Chairman or other member presiding shall have a deliberative vote and, in the event of an equality of votes, shall also have a casting vote.

11. The Committee may sit and transact business during any adjournment or recess as well as during the session, and may sit at such times (including times while either House of the Parliament is actually sitting) and in such places, and conduct their proceedings in such manner, as they deem proper.

12.-(1.) The Committee shall consider and specify in a report presented to each House of the Parliament, the general principles upon which there should be determined the days upon which, and the periods during which, the proceedings of the Senate and the House of Representatives shall be broadcast.

(2.) The Committee shall, in accordance with general principles specified by the Committee and adopted by each House of the Parliament, determine the days upon which, and the periods during which, the proceedings of either House of the Parliament shall be broadcast.

Quorum and procedure at meetings.

Power to sit during recess.

Functions of
Committee.

committee.

13. (1.) The Committee may delegate to a Sub-Committee of Delegation the Committee, consisting of two Senators and two members of the to subHouse of Representatives, the power to determine the days upon which, and the periods during which, the proceedings of either House of the Parliament shall be broadcast, and any determination of the Sub-Committee shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to be a determination of the Committee.

(2.) Two members of the Sub-Committee shall form a quorum. (3.) No delegation under this section shall prevent the exercise of any power by the Committee.

(4.) The Sub-Committee may sit and transact business during any adjournment or recess as well as during the session, and may sit at such times (including times while either House of the Parliament is actually sitting) as they deem proper.

14. (1.) The Committee shall have power to determine the conditions in accordance with which a re-broadcast may be made of any portion of the proceedings of either House of the Parliament. (2) No re-broadcast shall be made of any portion of the proceedings of either House of the Parliament otherwise than in accordance with the conditions so determined.

15. No action or proceedings, civil or criminal, shall lie against any person for broadcasting or re-broadcasting any portion of the proceedings of either House of the Parliament.

16. The provisions of section ninety of the Australian Broadcasting Act 1942 shall not apply to the broadcasting or re-broadcasting of any proceedings of either House of the Parliament.

17. The Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, prescribing all matters which, by this Act, are required or permitted to be prescribed or which are necessary or consistent to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.

Re-broadcasting of parliamentary proceedings.

No action for broadcasting parliamentary proceedings. Section 90 of Australian Broadcasting

Act

inapplicable. Regulations.

THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS BROADCASTING

(No. 35 of 1960)

An Act to amend the Parliamentary Proceedings Broadcasting Act 1946.

[Assented to 8th June, 1960.]

Be it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth

of Australia, as follows:

1. (1.) This Act may be cited as the Parliamentary Proceedings Short title Broadcasting Act 1960.

(2.) The Parliamentary Proceedings Broadcasting Act 1946,* as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Parliamentary Proceedings Broadcasting Act 1946-1960.

and citation.

2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it Commencereceives the Royal Assent.

ment.

3. After section thirteen of the Parliamentary Proceedings Broadcasting Act 1946 the following section is inserted:"13A.-(1.) In this section, 'the Commission' means the Recording of Australian Broadcasting Commission.

"(2.) The Commission may make a sound recording of any proceedings of the Senate or of the House of Representatives and shall make a sound recording of any such proceedings when directed so to do by the Chairman or Vice-Chairman of the Committee.

"(3.) The Commission shall, within such period as the Committee from time to time directs, deliver to the Chairman or ViceChairman of the Committee any recording made by the Commission in pursuance of this section.

"(4.) Where the Committee considers that a recording made by the Commission in pursuance of this section is of sufficient historic interest to justify its being permanently preserved, the Committee may make such arrangements as it thinks fit for the permanent safe keeping of the recording.

(5.) Where the Committee does not make arrangements for the permanent safe keeping of a recording, the Committee shall cause the recording to be destroyed.".

parliamentary proceedings.

Broadcasting of Parliamentary Proceedings in Australia (1946-1968)

THE PARLIAMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

(Joint Committee on the Broadcasting of Parliamentary Proceedings) BROADCASTING OF PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS IN AUSTRALIA (By A. R. Browning, Serjeant-at-Arms and Clerk of Committees) By authority A. J. Arthur, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra: 1968. BROADCASTING OF PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS IN AUSTRALIA

INTRODUCTORY

The introduction in Australia of the broadcasting of Parliament was carefully planned. As a first step the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Broadcasting was requested by the Postmaster-General to consider and report to Parliament (a) whether the broadcasting of Parliamentary debates is desirable, and (b) if so, to what extent and in what manner should such broadcasts be undertaken. The Committee consulted the Presiding Officers, the Party leaders in both_Houses, officers of the Australian Broadcasting Commission and the Postmaster-General's Department, and representatives from New Zealand which, at that time, had nine

*Act No. 20, 1946.

years' experience of broadcasting Parliamentary debates. In a report which is a complete statement of the problems involved in such a venture its conclusion was that the weight of evidence in favour of broadcasting the proceedings of the Commonwealth Parliament has convinced us that the innovation should be introduced in this country as soon as circumstances permit'.'

The Parliamentary Proceedings Broadcasting Bill 'to provide for the Broadcasting of the Proceedings of the Houses of the Parliament, and for other purposes' was introduced in the Senate on 19 June 1946 and after amendment in the House of Representatives received Royal Assent on 5 July 1946.2 The Act directs the Australian Broadcasting Commission, which operates the national broadcasting service, to broadcast the proceedings of the Senate or the House of Representatives from seven medium wave national stations (located in the six state capitals, plus Newcastle) and from such other national stations, including short-wave, as are prescribed. A medium wave station in Canberra and a short-wave station have been so prescribed. The Joint Committee on the Broadcasting of Parliamentary Proceedings was created and given extensive powers over the whole programme. JOINT COMMITTEE ON THE BROADCASTING OF

PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS

The Joint Committee, with a membership of nine, is appointed at the commencement of the first session of every Parliament and consists of the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and two Senators and five Members of the House of Representatives appointed by the respective Houses. Members of the Committee hold office as a Joint Committee until the House of Representatives for the time being expires by dissolution or effluxion of time. Any member, other than the President and Speaker, may resign his seat on the Committee by writing addressed to the President, or the Speaker, as the case may be. Vacancies in the Committee must be filled by the House concerned within fifteen sitting days after the happening of the vacancy if that House is then sitting, or, if not, then within fifteen sitting days after the next meeting of that House. The Chairman and Vice-Chairman are elected by members of the Committee at their first meeting or as soon as practicable thereafter. With the exception of one Parliament, the Speaker has been elected Chairman and the President Vice-Chairman.

The quorum of the Committee is five members and as there is no stipulation in the Act as to the necessity of the presence of a Senator in the make-up of the quorum, the quorum can consist exclusively of Members of the House of Representatives.

All questions arising in the Committee are decided by a majority of the votes of the members present with the Chairman, or other member presiding, having a deliberative vote and, in the event of an equality of votes, a casting vote also.

The Committee has power to sit during any adjournment or recess as well as during the session, and may sit at such times (including times while either House of the Parliament is actually sitting) and in such places, and conduct their proceedings in such manner as they deem proper.

General Principles and Standing Determinations

Before the first broadcast on 10 July 1946, the Committee, in accordance with its functions under the Act, specified in a report to each House the general principles upon which the broadcast of Parliamentary proceedings should be inaugurated. The Committee's report was adopted by both Houses, and the Committee has subsequently exercised control over the broadcasts in accordance with the principles ratified by Parliament and the determinations the Committee has made in conformity with these principles.

The general principles, as amended, are as follows:

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CONSOLIDATION OF GENERAL PRINCIPLES SPECIFIED IN THE COMMITTEE'S FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, FOURTH, SIXTH AND SEVENTH REPORTS ADOPTED BY BOTH HOUSES ON 5 JULY, 17 JULY, 15 NOVEMBER 1946, 30 JUNE 1949, 12 APRIL 1954, AND 7 APRIL 1960, RESPECTIVELY

(1) Days upon which proceedings shall be broadcast

The proceedings of Parliament shall be broadcast on each day on which either House is sitting.

* Eighth Report of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Broadcasting relating to the Broadcasting of Parliamentary Debates. Parliamentary Paper No. 31 of 1945-46.

Parliamentary Proceedings Broadcasting Act 1946. Act No. 20 of 1946.

Fifth Report not adopted by House of Representatives.

Saturday sittings excluded by Determination No. 6.

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